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and doubling canonization. >> the south korea's prime minister has resigned over the handling of the ferry disaster. 389 people have been confirmed dead, but 100 people still has been unaccounted for. reports from seoul. >> reporter: eleven days past the disaster, the prime minister decided to take the fall. >> the right thing for me to do is to do the right thing and resign. i apologize for many problems from the prevention of the accident to the early handling

of the disaster. >> reporter: on the day after the ferry went down, president put him in charge of the rescue effort, and literally at one point when parents of missing children threw a water bottle and scuffled with him, and once again preventing his car from leaving the island. but there is a wider sense of anger and shame in this country citizen more emerges about the safety violations that led to the needless loss of so many children's lives, has regulation and corrupt practices in south korea as a whole. they preempted any trial by calling the actions of the crew

tantamount to murder and called any civil servant who was involved in any illegalities to be held accountable. but the prime minister went further. >> through this accident i will bitterly felt there have been so many varieties of irregularities that have continued in every corner of our society and practices that have gone wrong. i hope these deep rooted evils get corrected this time and this kind of accident never happens again. >> reporter: also a challenge to its president and government to look into far-reaching reform. >> u.s. president has been visiting malaysia's prime minister. the two leaders are in malaysi malaysia's federal administrative capitol. the economy is among some of the issues discussed. malaysia's relationship with the

u.s. is stronger than ever. >> well, we can speak now to our correspondent who i who there, o has been watching the visit as it's been unfolding. why has it taken the president almost 50 years to visit? >> that's right. it's been nearly half a century since the last u.s. president visited this country. the malaysian prime minister made some light-hearted comments. he said the last time there was a visit from an u.s. president tv was only in black and white. this is partly because of the prime minister in charge of the 80's and 90's. he ruled for 22 years. he had a distinct look east policy. he wanted to forge close ties in the far east and in a way

spurned western nations. he had a distinct anti-western outlook. that may have been part of the reason. the other part of the reason why it was felt it was important to malaysia now because of what was termed as the rebalancing of u.s. interests, u.s. resources in asia. the u.s. basically wants to show its commitment to this country. the prime minister--the u.s. president barack obama himself said this is an important region and demonstrated his commitment. the u.s. was one of the first countries to offer help to malaysia in search of the missing malaysiaen plane as a sign of that deepening

partnership. >> there has been a lot of criticism over a period of time from human rights actives as to the level of human rights abuses being carried out in malaysia. it's always been very tricky, isn't it, to deal with this particular issue. >> that's right. he was asked this question at the press conference. he was asked why he was not meeting with the opposition leader. his appeal is not allowed on sodomy conviction. they believe they are trumped up charges, and the u.s. has brought up these questions before. but the president said he's not meeting with him out of lack of

concern. did he bring issues of human rights, and the prime minister acknowledged that the country had some way to go. the specific concerns of human rights groups are quite varied. they're worried about the lack of rule of law. they're worried about gerrymandering that allows the ruling coalition to stay in power and groups that worry that a more right-wing religious racist group are gaining more prominence and gaining more support in society as well as in government. >> i'm sure we'll hear more about the meeting, thank you very much, indeed. well, while in malaysia president obama said russia should stop encouraging unrest in the east of ukraine. he said there was broad support for more sanctions to deter

moscow. >> the notion that for us to go forward with sanctions on our own without the europeans would be the most effective deterrent in putin i think is factually wrong. we're going to be in a stronger position to deter mr. putin when we're unified and the united states and europe are unified. >> well, in ukraine itself a team of european negotiators are heading to the east. they hope to secure the release of their colleague who is are being held by pro-russian groups. the lead of the pro-russian groups said he would consider a swap with prisoners in kiev. and facing further sanctions from seven of the world's richest countries, some of which could come in less than 24

hours. to syria now which has until the end of sunday to hand over its remaining chemical weapon stock pile under the terms of an international deal. they will be destroyed on a ship in the mediterranean. the chemical watchdog said nearly 90% has already been handed over. the syrian army has gained control of the strategic region west of damascus. opposition rebels surrendered after intense fighting. it was their last major stronghold along lebanon's border. therthere will be a second d of voting in the elections in afghanistan. here's more. >> we have satisfied. >> reporter: there isn't a new president just yet. but he will be chosen from one of two men.

former foreign minister abdullah, abdullah came first, he'll face a run off against akhgav gany. but not everyone thinks a second round is a good idea. >> the election problems have affected the economy for the past several months. business has gone down. it's not good to have a second round. people will not come out to vote because they are afraid. >> it's normal if a candidate doesn't win in the first round, whether we like it or not it should go to a second round. we want it to be fair. and the elections should be transparent. >> there have been complaints of fraud. hundreds of thousands of votes and then the final numbers are expected on may 14th.

>> there are also irregularities with the way the commission handled itself, and we're calling on them to make sure that transparency is increased, for the candidates to trust and respect the bunt. >> abdullah abdullah believes the ballots were cast in his favor. but some say the run off between the two men are investable because the--inevitable becausey don't think an investigation of the ballots will give him the win. there is concern of another round of elections at another huge financial cost. >> we're going to live to rome, in fact, the vatican city where hundreds of thousands of roman catholics are assembling for an unprecedented double canonization ceremony. that's the scene among some

cardinals among the crowd. over a million people gathering there, a first, a first time that two popes have been canonized. there to recognize the historical event, jonah, it must be amazing to be surrounded by so many devoted people. some of whom have been camping out for days. >> joyful anticipation and 45 minutes to go. hymns being song, prayers being said and perhaps hundreds of thousands of pilgrims crowded into st. peter's square all wanting to bear witness to be a part of what will be an unique moment in the history of the catholic church. the canon indication at the same time of two hopes.

that has never happened over. poppope john xxiii and pope po n paupope johnpaul ii, there in ae pope emeritus pop pope benedicti who resigned a little over a year ago. this will be his most prominent public appearance since. >> it has been suggested that symbolically this would suggest the marriage of the conservative camp of the catholic church and the reformist camp of the catholic church headed up by the new pope francis.

>> of course, that's the suggestion that they're trying to draw together those elements. the former meeters who have come through different spectrums within the catholic church. pope john was embraced and revered by conservatives in the church because of his doctrinal teachings, and then on the other hand, pope john paul was nicknamed good john and breathed new life into the church. these two men had enormously influential leaders in the church and influential as well on pope francis himself it was pope john paul ii who appointed

him archbishop and then elevated him to cardinal. pope john xxiii had been a member of the lay order of sir francis and teachings of peace from which of course the current hope draws his name. >> jonah is our man in vatican city today, and he's going to be keeping us right up-to-date with historic events taking place there. still more to come in al jazeera including challenging the freedom of the press. real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories.

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>> these are the top stories here at al jazeera. south korea's prime minister has resigned. it follows widespread criticism of the government's response to the ferry disaster. the u.s. president has held talks with malaysia's prime minister part of barack obama's week long tour of asia. hundreds of thousands of people are in st. peter's square vatican city pope john paul 2 and pope john xxiii will be declared saints within an hour. now it's been 20 years since.

there have been many achievements since 1994 many say a lot more needs to be done. >> photographs bring back fond memories, but she said she sometimes gets anoin annoyed. she said she voted for freedom in 1994. she said young people these days don't understand what it's like living in apartheid. >> we used to live like dogs. >> those who spoke out against the government were often killed. >> she learned about apartheid

in school and through word of mouth. she feels that democracy should be more than just freedom. >> there are issues that come up with regards to calendar of leadership in our country. this is riddled with a lot of corruption, our leaders that have in a sense forgotten our people. >> reporter: millions of people are jobless, approximately. >> we have the different kind of apartheid. a class apartheid. who continues to benefit those under apartheid with a small layer of the black middle class grafted to those who have benefited historically, and that has to change. >> they have done well over the

last 20 years. >> millions more across the country say they are still waiting for the basics like water and electricity along with affordable housing. al jazeera. johannesburg. >> now egypt has reported it's first case of the mhrs. a 27-year-old man who arrived from saudi arabia has been tested positive for the virus. he's being treated at the hospital. >> reporter: there is no vaccine against it, and so far it has killed 40% of the people who have considered it, mers detec detected in saudi arabia can "t" can cause coughing, fearing, and pneumonia, and is connected to

the sars virus, and now it has spread to egypt. >> the patient underwent the necessary analysis quickly. the important thing is to prevent the spread of the infection and keep him in isolation and to take the necessary medication. >> mers has killed 93 people and effected hundreds more. the worst affected country has been saudi arabia where 319 people have contracted the virus. it has spread to 13 other countries around the world. but most of the infences are around the arabian peninsula. >> ththe identical virus suggesting there is a transition from cam medicals to humans. >> reporter: the possibility of

transmission from this man is significant. two of the most recent infections have been from separate individuals from different countries who travel from saudi arabia and drunk camel milk. one of the victims died from the illness. the "world health organization" said urgent investigation is needed to understand the transmission pattern of the virus. dominick cane, al jazeera. >> well, al jazeera continues to call for the immediate release of its journalists being held in egypt. they have been in jail now for 120 days. they are falsely accused of providing a platform for the outlawed muslim brotherhood. now declared a terrorist organization. a fourth journalist has been held without trial since last august. he has been on hunger strike for

the last 97 days. al jazeera rejects all the charges. now in ethiopia security forces have rounded up a group of journalists and detained them without any charge. now they write a blog under a collective name and often criticize the government. they were arrested friday and their website was shut down. another journalist was arrested on saturday. we have more from the ethiopian town. >> six journalists are bloggers who have been very critical of government policy on social media. they were taken from their homes in the middle of the night by armed security and taken to a central prison. the government has yet to say what will happen, but lawyers acting for them have told journalists that they may be

arraigned in court on monday. this is not the first time that this government has arrested journalists. they are known to be one of africa's worst jailers of journalists. there are journalists serving prison sentences raging between 14 and 27 years in prison with some of these journalists charged with terrorism. >> more than it 32,000 people have marched into taipei to protest against government plans to build a new nuclear reactor. this would be the island's fourth nuclear power plan. taiwan's premiere has rejected opposition plans to stop construction. in venezuela thousands have deified a high court ruling demanding the release of people arrested since anticipate government marchs began last year. shortage of basic food stuff has

grown into mass protests. native americans have joined the keystone pipeline protes pr their worried that it could damage water supplies. >> we do not want to pollute our water and destroy our land. we want to see our children and our grandchildren survive on the plains as our forefathers have done for many generations. we need president obama to reject the keystone excel pipeline. >> dozens of homes have been destroyed by a tornado in the u.s. state of north carolina.

winds over 160 kilometers an hour ripped through towns on friday. at least 16 people were hurt, thousands of homes were left without power and the storm has since moved out to sea. now the asian carp is threatening native fish in some of american waters. researchers have tried various ways to slow its spread. now a processing plant in kentucky is trying a new disposal method. we have reports from paduak, kentucky. >> what do you do when an invading species overwhelms american waterways. the answer is earn millions sending them bac back to china d credit for removing a nuisance fish. >> we have moved half a million pounds and we'll yield the same numbers for export. at the same time we market in

u.s. and we'll cut down the numbers. >> the massive aaron carp first arrived in kentucky in the 1970's and 80's to control algae in ponds. it carried the fish to local waterways. now the hefty herb voirs are going through the midwest. one broke dearly butler's rips. >> it jump up on the boat and broke my ribs. they're dangerous. >> reporter: they're too big, too bony and too foreign for many american's taste earning $0.10. but the ever present carp are camping on with recreational fishermen. using a bow and arrow. >> carp in this country is kind of a dirty word. in europe and asia it's a delicacy. but over here people just don't know. they're used to their big macs

and french fries and don't want to explore opportunities. >> there is nothing fish and wildlife officials would like better than to deplete the stocks of asian carp so they can reel them in year round. >> we're trying to feed people and employ people in a community that needs employment. >> it does have more bones than other species do, but it's really good. people need to try it. >> reporter: and with the first of the invasive critters appearing in the great lakes water shed no one is worried about overfishing asian carp in america. >> now just a reminder of what is going on in vatican city today. thousands perhaps a million people are assembly there. they're gathering there for a rare--in fact, an unique moment.

this is a moment when two former popes are to be canonize. it's all going to start in about a half hour's time and of course al jazeera will keep you up dot we'll keep you updated with all the other stories. >> nairobi is my city, well perhaps not exactly. i was born here and so were my parents, but i spent most of my life living overseas. i've been here now for less than a year, but the city has really grown on me. one of the most interesting